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James Neihouse had one more thing to share. From inside a tote bag, he pulled out a frame displaying 11 strips of tape, each of which had printed text and handwritten notes from astronauts who filmed the IMAX movie "The Dream is Alive" 40 years ago.
Space shuttle Discovery may be removed from the Smithsonian and put on display at Space Center Houston, if two senators from Texas get their way. John Cornyn and Ted Cruz have introduced the "Bring the Space Shuttle Home Act."
A design studio's plan for a new collectible set seeks to "pin" down the pivotal probes from space exploration history. Chop Shop is seeking fans of robotic satellites and interplanetary spacecraft to help produce a series of hard enamel lapel pins.
A Navy SEAL, medical doctor and NASA astronaut lifted off for an eight-month stay on the International Space Station and that was just one of the three crewmates on Soyuz MS-27. Jonny Kim, Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritsky launched together.
"The Birthplace of Aviation" now has a license to promote its hub for aeronautics and space. Ohio, home to NASA's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, will begin offering a license plate featuring the facility's name and the federal agency's insignia.
The future of lunar exploration never looked more colorful ... or so square. "The Next Giant Leap," a pair of mostly moon-themed fabric quilts, debuted as part of the Earth to Space festival at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C.
The next astronauts to fly to the moon now have a mission patch to represent their history-making journey. NASA debuted the official Artemis II insignia, its first emblem for a moon-bound crew in more than 50 years.
The first astronauts to enter a polar orbit around Earth chose the obvious animal to serve as their zero-g indicator — a plush white *polar* bear. The doll also has an emperor penguin embroidered on its chest, referencing the flight's South Pole passes.
After more than 60 years and almost 360 missions, a crew of private astronauts has done something never before done in human spaceflight: they headed due south off the launch pad. The Fram2 crew will be the first to see the poles from Earth orbit.
Seattle's Museum of Flight has brought its collection of space artifacts up to the present day, thanks to a rocket engine that's been donated by Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin space venture.
Robert Henry Lawrence Jr. (1935-1967) was a United States Air Force officer and the first African-American astronaut, but before soaring to these heights, he navigated the classrooms of Bradley University.
Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin space venture sent its 10th crew on a quick suborbital ride to space today, extending its list of spacefliers to more than 50. And that list now includes the first Blue Origin spaceflier who preserved a bit of his privacy as he flew.
Houston's Robert Pearlman, who runs the website collectSPACE, talks about the world of collecting objects from the history of NASA and human space exploration.
For more than 40 years, Jonathan McDowell has tirelessly catalogued the space industry. Now he is planning to retire, and looking to pass on his extensive collection of knowledge.
